OnlineDomain.com Domain Name News & Opinions
What is front-running and how does it apply to domain names? Last month the 10-day auction for domain name detour.com was supposed to end at GoDaddy. The bids were above $30k but the domain was …
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Most abused domain name extensions
Spamhaus has named .com the most abused top-level domain name extension in Botnets in Q3-2019. But it is not that simple as some additional stats show. The amount of newly detected botnet command & control …
Read More »Namecheap was most abused domain registrar in Botnets
Spamhaus has named Namecheap the most abused domain registrar in Botnets in Q3-2019. The main problem here is that Namecheap is number one abused registrar by a very wide margin from the other registrars. The …
Read More »Radix adds .UNO to its Domain Portfolio
Radix announced that it had acquired .UNO, a top-level domain that was previously operated by Dot Latin LLC. The ownership transfer was completed in September 2019. The domain extension will be available across Radix’s 200+ …
Read More »MOZ has a new domain analysis tool
MOZ launched a new free tool giving a quick overview of top SEO metrics for any domain name: Domain Analysis. The new Domain Analysis tool is 100% free but is limited to 3 reports/day. Moz …
Read More »ICANN will try and kill future comment periods
David Olive, Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support published a blog post called “Public Comment Guidelines for the ICANN Organization“. There was not obvious reason for David to write this post now as no discussion …
Read More »How to correctly setup domain name pricing at DAN
DAN.com (by Undeveloped) has some great pricing features that are especially useful for domain name sellers (and buyers) that are located in Europe. But sellers outside of Europe also need to tweak a couple of …
Read More »Nominet wants feedback on 3 .UK issues
Nominet announced a new .UK Policy Consultation, inviting feedback from all interested stakeholders. The .UK policies provide the framework of principles for the .UK namespace. They are developed in consultation with a wide variety of …
Read More »EFF: ICANN staff violated the Bylaws
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) wrote a letter to the ICANN Board Accountability Mechanisms Committee to address certain errors in the ICANN Ombudsman’s September 7, 2019 “Substantive Evaluation” of EFF’s Request for Reconsideration. EFF claims …
Read More »Hilco Streambank integrates Escrow(.)com into IPv4 auction platform
Escrow.com and Hilco Streambank today announced they have partnered to integrate Escrow.com’s Escrow Pay API into the IPv4.Global marketplace. The partnership combines Escrow.com’s escrow agency with Hilco Streambank’s IPv4 marketplace. “Together, the integrated auction platform …
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Front-running and domain names
What is front-running and how does it apply to domain names? Last month the 10-day auction for domain name detour.com was supposed to end at GoDaddy. The bids were above $30k but the domain was renewed and the auction cancelled a few hours before the auction was ending. Most probably …
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No respect for intangible things
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Front-running ignorant spammer
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News from Rick Schwartz and Mike Mann
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Herb Waye, ICANN’s Ombudsman, called our 3,200 .org comments SPAM
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How to correctly setup domain name pricing at DAN
DAN.com (by Undeveloped) has some great pricing features that are especially useful for domain name sellers (and buyers) that are located in Europe. But sellers outside of Europe also need to tweak a couple of settings so that their domain name prices are presented correctly to the buyers. This post …
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Hilco Streambank integrates Escrow(.)com into IPv4 auction platform
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Rebranding to Dan.com brings results…
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What was the purchase price of the domain Dan.com?
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DAN listens and makes a change on its domain landing pages
